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Architecture Of Silence V - Mental Cleansing and Chakra Opening Exercises
A sanctuary requires a steady flame to truly come alive. To vivify your inner space, you must now learn to purify the mental terrain and actively circulate light through your primary centers of force.
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A sanctuary requires a steady flame to truly come alive. To vivify your inner space, you must now learn to purify the mental terrain and actively circulate light through your primary centers of force.
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Every day, the mind gathers debris from the material world. Thoughts, anxieties, and random impulses clutter the workspace of the spirit. Before any deeper work can begin, you must establish a strict practice of mental vigilance to reclaim control over this chaos.
Sit or lie down comfortably, keeping the spine aligned to ensure an unimpeded flow of awareness. Close your eyes and withdraw entirely from the outer world. Instead of forcing a blank void, simply open your internal screen and prepare to observe your own mind.
I gave evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry on Friday.
In my view the Inquiry will shape mental health care for the next decade, as did the inquiry into the killing of Jonathan Zito in 1992.
I made 3 points:
That in mental health we have a social responsibility…..
In my view the Inquiry will shape mental health care for the next decade, as did the inquiry into the killing of Jonathan Zito in 1992.
I made 3 points:
That in mental health we have a social responsibility…..
…to reduce risk to patient & public & that this is always in balance with respecting patient autonomy over decisions about treatment.
That balance has recently been in the wrong place. With good motives perhaps but with disastrous consequences.
That balance has recently been in the wrong place. With good motives perhaps but with disastrous consequences.
Our social responsibility requires us to ensure treatment of severe mental illness is received when there is a risk.
Second, we should listen to patients’ families.
We need a right, possibly modelled on Martha’s Law, for worried families to request assessment in a crisis.
Second, we should listen to patients’ families.
We need a right, possibly modelled on Martha’s Law, for worried families to request assessment in a crisis.
On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street)
White supremacists killed more than 300 Black Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses.
History of Tulsa before the riot
A THREAD
White supremacists killed more than 300 Black Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses.
History of Tulsa before the riot
A THREAD
Ottawa W. Gurley created the Black Wall Street, the affluent black community in Greenwood in Tulsa.
Ottowa Gurley was born in 1868 to freed slaves in Huntsville, Alabama, Gurley grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was self-educated and eventually married his childhood sweetheart, Emma. After a brief time as a teacher, he worked at U.S. Postal Service.
Have you ever threatened a smear campaign in your life? Have you ever told a person, "If you tell the truth, I will destroy you?" I would like to think we can collectively agree that people who do this are bad people.
We're all guilty of something. Of lying at some point. Or encouraging someone else to lie. Maybe you're even guilty of subtly pressuring someone to lie. "It would hurt me if you told the truth about this." But a smear campaign? "I will destroy you." Not many people do that.
I can say, w/ a lot of certainty, that not many people do engage in this kind of behavior. I personally have only experienced it in the context of abuse. Not the context of regular shitty human behavior. Have you experienced it? Have you done it? It's really abnormal behavior.
Welp it turns out to be even worse. Here's her own statement, which with coupled with the reporting from the Bangor Daily News makes clear that they already had the story from multiple sources and she merely corroborated it.
So what did Morris Katz and The Fight Agency do? They threatened her and then started a 'look at this conniving bitch' smear campaign to harass this woman, to distract from the story.
Really no bottom to these gutter people.
So what did Morris Katz and The Fight Agency do? They threatened her and then started a 'look at this conniving bitch' smear campaign to harass this woman, to distract from the story.
Really no bottom to these gutter people.
And plus many people who hold themselves up as 'principled progressives' joined in on the personalized harassment/smear campaign against this woman, who has very clearly been one of the sole principled people in this entire mess.
Everyone in and around this campaign has thoroughly debased themselves, solely to Own the (Establishment) Libs!
Why is reach down so much for everyone? What is going on?????
I did some deep dives with grok and here is what I found out.
New algorithm rules per Grok:
Likes can penalize your reach. 1/
I did some deep dives with grok and here is what I found out.
New algorithm rules per Grok:
Likes can penalize your reach. 1/
Replying to people too often can penalize your reach. 2/
Saying Thank You as a reply can penalize your reach. The algorithm sees it as having no value to say that to a person and let them know you appreciate them. 3/
‼️🇺🇸: BODY OF ONE OF MISSING SCIENTISTS FOUND 👀
The remains of Melissa Casias, were discovered outside of Taos New Mexico on the edge of a national park by a hiker yesterday.
Casias was a high-level assistant at the Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory, and disappeared last year in June.
Her ERASED PHONES, wallet, and car keys were left in her home in Ranchos de Taos home, her car was left parked outside. 👀
Cause of d3ath has not yet been released.
This stinks to high h3ll. 🤨
The remains of Melissa Casias, were discovered outside of Taos New Mexico on the edge of a national park by a hiker yesterday.
Casias was a high-level assistant at the Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory, and disappeared last year in June.
Her ERASED PHONES, wallet, and car keys were left in her home in Ranchos de Taos home, her car was left parked outside. 👀
Cause of d3ath has not yet been released.
This stinks to high h3ll. 🤨
Credit: @taosnews
taosnews.com/public-safety/…
taosnews.com/public-safety/…
Even weirder, Casias' family gave a statement saying that her body was found in an area authorities had already previously searched. 👀
Praying for her family to find healing and truth 🙏🏻
Praying for her family to find healing and truth 🙏🏻
Orthodox & Marxism: why are they incompatible
A thread🧵
A thread🧵
Marxism and Orthodox Christianity are not just different opinions about politics, they begin from opposite answers to the question: what is real?
One starts with matter as ultimate.
The other starts with God as ultimate being.
From there, everything else diverges.
One starts with matter as ultimate.
The other starts with God as ultimate being.
From there, everything else diverges.
Marxism is built on philosophical materialism: consciousness, morality, and religion are products of economic and material conditions.
Orthodoxy claims the opposite: material reality itself is created, sustained, and made intelligible by God. Matter is real, but not ultimate.
Orthodoxy claims the opposite: material reality itself is created, sustained, and made intelligible by God. Matter is real, but not ultimate.
🇺🇦Ukraine counterattacks in the south... again
Once more, only weeks after the attacks of the late winter, Ukrainian forces are conducting localized offensive actions in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
The 🇺🇦79th, 80th and 95th Air Assault Brigades began operations around mid-May under strict OPSEC measures.
While Russian Telegram channels have been circulating rumors about this area since then, our team only managed to confirm the operation and the units involved at the beginning of this week.
On Friday May 29th, the Ukrainian side openly acknowledged the ongoing offensive movements, mainly executed by units of the Air Assault Forces (DShV) - just as in February and March.
The sector involved is approximately 20 kilometers wide, with the villages of Zelenyi Hai and Vorone as the northern and southern boundaries respectively.
Keep reading ⬇️ to find out why the south-eastern sector might represent a growing vulnerability for 🇷🇺Russian forces of the “Vostok” Grouping
Once more, only weeks after the attacks of the late winter, Ukrainian forces are conducting localized offensive actions in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
The 🇺🇦79th, 80th and 95th Air Assault Brigades began operations around mid-May under strict OPSEC measures.
While Russian Telegram channels have been circulating rumors about this area since then, our team only managed to confirm the operation and the units involved at the beginning of this week.
On Friday May 29th, the Ukrainian side openly acknowledged the ongoing offensive movements, mainly executed by units of the Air Assault Forces (DShV) - just as in February and March.
The sector involved is approximately 20 kilometers wide, with the villages of Zelenyi Hai and Vorone as the northern and southern boundaries respectively.
Keep reading ⬇️ to find out why the south-eastern sector might represent a growing vulnerability for 🇷🇺Russian forces of the “Vostok” Grouping
Is the 🇷🇺“Vostok” grouping struggling?
The westward gains achieved by the Vostok grouping throughout 2025 and early 2026 forced them to stretch the Areas of Operations (AO) of some of their Combined Arms Armies (CAA) - specifically the 🇷🇺36th and 29th CAAs in the Pokrovske-Ivanivka direction - in an attempt to maintain numerical superiority in the main axis of attack, north and west of Hulyaipole, where the 🇷🇺5th and 35th CAAs are expected to continue advancing.
In early spring, the Vostok grouping was significantly reinforced with the 🇷🇺68th Army Corps, 40th Naval Infantry Brigade and with the 🇷🇺55th and 120th Naval Infantry Divisions, likely in an attempt to sustain offensive tempo.
At the same time, Ukrainian counterattacks conducted by the 🇺🇦82nd and 95th Brigades (supported by the 92nd Brigade and elements of 425th Regiment) forced Russian command to deploy the 🇷🇺68th Corps and parts of the 🇷🇺120th Division on the Ternuvate-Velykomykhailivka axis.
🇺🇦Ukrainian forces have now shifted their pressure northward, with the commitment of two additional brigades (the 🇺🇦82nd has likely been withdrawn for recovery) - the aim is to exploit the 🇷🇺29th CAA’s weak lines between Sichneve and Ivanivka, where only two lightly motorized regiments (the 🇷🇺656th and 430th) are holding the line.
Furthermore, we estimate that the sector between Andriivka-Klevtsove and Ivanivka is the boundary between the 🇷🇺Vostok and Centr groupings - a possible point of vulnerability where the 🇷🇺90th Guards Tank Division has been attempting to capture Ivanivka and Novopavlivka for approximately 8 months, without success.
There are indications that parts of the 🇷🇺90th Division may have been transferred towards Pokrovsk, potentially further weakening the overall Russian posture in this area.
The westward gains achieved by the Vostok grouping throughout 2025 and early 2026 forced them to stretch the Areas of Operations (AO) of some of their Combined Arms Armies (CAA) - specifically the 🇷🇺36th and 29th CAAs in the Pokrovske-Ivanivka direction - in an attempt to maintain numerical superiority in the main axis of attack, north and west of Hulyaipole, where the 🇷🇺5th and 35th CAAs are expected to continue advancing.
In early spring, the Vostok grouping was significantly reinforced with the 🇷🇺68th Army Corps, 40th Naval Infantry Brigade and with the 🇷🇺55th and 120th Naval Infantry Divisions, likely in an attempt to sustain offensive tempo.
At the same time, Ukrainian counterattacks conducted by the 🇺🇦82nd and 95th Brigades (supported by the 92nd Brigade and elements of 425th Regiment) forced Russian command to deploy the 🇷🇺68th Corps and parts of the 🇷🇺120th Division on the Ternuvate-Velykomykhailivka axis.
🇺🇦Ukrainian forces have now shifted their pressure northward, with the commitment of two additional brigades (the 🇺🇦82nd has likely been withdrawn for recovery) - the aim is to exploit the 🇷🇺29th CAA’s weak lines between Sichneve and Ivanivka, where only two lightly motorized regiments (the 🇷🇺656th and 430th) are holding the line.
Furthermore, we estimate that the sector between Andriivka-Klevtsove and Ivanivka is the boundary between the 🇷🇺Vostok and Centr groupings - a possible point of vulnerability where the 🇷🇺90th Guards Tank Division has been attempting to capture Ivanivka and Novopavlivka for approximately 8 months, without success.
There are indications that parts of the 🇷🇺90th Division may have been transferred towards Pokrovsk, potentially further weakening the overall Russian posture in this area.
Conclusions
After a relatively successful 2025 campaign that saw the 🇷🇺Vostok grouping advance west of Velyka Novosilka, it seems Russian momentum in this area is diminishing.
A partial stabilization of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian manpower deficit, along with the continuing corps reform, is allowing Gen. Syrskyi and the General Staff to expand the envelope of “assault units” available and prepared for tactical counterattacks.
In this example, the 🇺🇦80th Air Assault Brigade was offensively redeployed after spending a year on defense in Sumy oblast.
While critical systemic issues persist in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as frequently reported by @Militarylandnet, the balance of resources (manpower, material, etc.) in several sectors of the frontline has equalized compared to 2024 and 2025.
Two crucial areas in the next several months will be the Kostyantynivka and Slovyansk axes, where Russia continues to maintain overall superiority in 2026.
After a relatively successful 2025 campaign that saw the 🇷🇺Vostok grouping advance west of Velyka Novosilka, it seems Russian momentum in this area is diminishing.
A partial stabilization of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian manpower deficit, along with the continuing corps reform, is allowing Gen. Syrskyi and the General Staff to expand the envelope of “assault units” available and prepared for tactical counterattacks.
In this example, the 🇺🇦80th Air Assault Brigade was offensively redeployed after spending a year on defense in Sumy oblast.
While critical systemic issues persist in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as frequently reported by @Militarylandnet, the balance of resources (manpower, material, etc.) in several sectors of the frontline has equalized compared to 2024 and 2025.
Two crucial areas in the next several months will be the Kostyantynivka and Slovyansk axes, where Russia continues to maintain overall superiority in 2026.
Gundam Complete Record, volumes 1 - 5. Volume 5 implicitly gives credence to the fanzines and doujinshi made by both fans of all genders, but primarily fujoshi of their day. 0079's importance in Queer JP culture supercedes that of most Western interpretations of that movement.
As an individual who documents these works profusely, one of the first major 0079 data zines pre-Gunsight was ZAKU. I own volumes 2 to 5, and the group was run primarily by young queer women as well as fujos. It's been fully archived.
Sunrise acknowledged and read a variety of queer fanzines that were yaoi based, too. AMA, which was the first fully R18 Charma works to hit Comiket in mid 1979, was acknowledged and deemed important by Sunrise and Studio II.
WILD: Graham Platner's staff physically shield him and bodycheck reporters out of the way at the end of the rally.
Smallest Platner event we have ever been to in terms of crowd size.
Smallest Platner event we have ever been to in terms of crowd size.
Despite the anti-billionaire rhetoric, the staffers here represent the Maine People's Alliance, a left-wing dark money organization funded by George Soros.
Just a few social media posts from Melissa Dunn, who is the Platner staffer with her hand on his back as he got into the car:
🚨 Hasan’s Marxist Agitprop Masterclass
Everything about this superclip is mandatory viewing if you want to understand DSA and Hasan’s alliance with the organization.
First, DSA is not framed as some slightly more progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Hasan describes it as “directionally on the diametrical opposite side of the political spectrum” from the “liberal capitalist Democratic Party.”
Second, Hasan zeroes in on what he sees as the problem with Americans. They “do not have class consciousness” and “do not have political education.” And without those things, “you can’t have organizing on the basis of class.”
So what is the solution for Hasan?
“To foment class consciousness and to engage in agitative propaganda, as is the Marxist tradition.”
He then says elections are “one of the most viable routes to reach the masses.”
In other words, when DSA candidates go on Hasan’s stream, this is not a standard interview. He sees it as part of the Marxist tradition of agitprop, using his platform to create political action, build class consciousness, and bring people into DSA.
Third, he is completely right about the DSA growth model. He says that whenever you get “an AOC style figure or Zahra Mamdani,” DSA’s ranks “explode” with new paying members.
And fourth, the caucus part is hilarious. Hasan explains that DSA is “a massive institution with many different caucuses,” all “constantly fighting one another.” But when asked to choose between them, he says it is like “picking favorite children.”
I don’t think Hasan is alone in giving a blanket answer like that, but if DSA were principled, it would have to grapple with the fact that the organization has some genuinely insane caucuses, including ones that have put out statements in support of Elias Rodriguez.
Everything about this superclip is mandatory viewing if you want to understand DSA and Hasan’s alliance with the organization.
First, DSA is not framed as some slightly more progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Hasan describes it as “directionally on the diametrical opposite side of the political spectrum” from the “liberal capitalist Democratic Party.”
Second, Hasan zeroes in on what he sees as the problem with Americans. They “do not have class consciousness” and “do not have political education.” And without those things, “you can’t have organizing on the basis of class.”
So what is the solution for Hasan?
“To foment class consciousness and to engage in agitative propaganda, as is the Marxist tradition.”
He then says elections are “one of the most viable routes to reach the masses.”
In other words, when DSA candidates go on Hasan’s stream, this is not a standard interview. He sees it as part of the Marxist tradition of agitprop, using his platform to create political action, build class consciousness, and bring people into DSA.
Third, he is completely right about the DSA growth model. He says that whenever you get “an AOC style figure or Zahra Mamdani,” DSA’s ranks “explode” with new paying members.
And fourth, the caucus part is hilarious. Hasan explains that DSA is “a massive institution with many different caucuses,” all “constantly fighting one another.” But when asked to choose between them, he says it is like “picking favorite children.”
I don’t think Hasan is alone in giving a blanket answer like that, but if DSA were principled, it would have to grapple with the fact that the organization has some genuinely insane caucuses, including ones that have put out statements in support of Elias Rodriguez.
I would say Liberation Caucus is probably the craziest caucus inside DSA.
And here is Hasan with DSA Emerge, another DSA caucus that “just likes a little bit of Mao.”
And here is Hasan with DSA Emerge, another DSA caucus that “just likes a little bit of Mao.”
But seriously, DSA’s Liberation Caucus is out here talking about executing people after the revolution, and it still has a seat inside DSA’s Red Rabbits Security Commission, which trains the broader organization on “security culture.”
